Sterling High School runners compete in state

Hernandez leads team once again

Eric Hernandez, Marc Tapparo, Isaac Bernatchez, Eric Etl, Nathan Hall and Kyle Etl pose at the 3A state meet in Colorado Springs. Theses six boys make up the 2012 Sterling Cross Country team state qualifiers. Hernandez was the top runner, finishing 27th.
(Courtesy photo)

COLORADO SPRINGS --The Sterling Tigers Cross Country team finished up its season in the best place possible: at the state meet. The entire boys team qualified out of Regionals and finished up a very successful season with some good runs at the Norris-Penrose Event Center on Saturday.

Sterling was led by Eric Hernandez, who finished up 27th overall in the state with a time of 18:19.70. There were 128 runners overall at state.

The team finished with a score of 205, putting them in 13th out of 20 teams.

Brush's Anthony Thomas was first in the meet, with a time of 16:48.8, 12 seconds ahead of any other runner.

Marc Tapparo was 59th overall with a time of 19:10.80 finishing in the top half of the state. Issac Bernatchez, 72nd; Nathan Hall, 74th; Eric Etl, 110th; and Kyle Etl, 117th, also competed for Sterling. Their complete times are listed below.

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